2025 Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general social sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #67 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 42 bachelor's degrees in general social sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general social sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general social sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general social sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general social sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general social sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Social Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Social Sciences in Missouri

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general social sciences.

Top Missouri Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Sciences

1

University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

17 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences has to take a look at University of Missouri - St Louis. UMSL is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from University of Missouri - St Louis

2

Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO

14 Annual Graduates

$37,193 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general social sciences needs to take a look at Southeast Missouri State University. Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the social sciences program report average early career income of $37,193.

More information about a bachelor’s in general social sciences from Southeast Missouri State University

Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best General Social Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	215	60
Iowa	197	30
Kansas	184	75
Nebraska	180	125
North Dakota	149	24
South Dakota	148	23

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General Social Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, General Social Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Social Sciences Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Social Sciences	41
Research Methodology & Quantitative Methods	1

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	550
Economics	376
Sociology	255
Anthropology	179
Geography & Cartography	63
International Relations & National Security	44
Sociology & Anthropology	9
Archeology	5
Urban Studies	5

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui). More about our data sources and methodologies.